.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - yuddhakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 10

suniviṣṭaṃ hitaṃ vākyamuktavantaṃ vibhīṣaṇam .
abravītparuṣaṃ vākyaṃ rāvaṇaḥ kālacoditaḥ .. 1..

vasetsaha sapatnena kruddhenāśīviṣeṇa vā .
na tu mitrapravādena saṃvasecchatrusevinā .. 2..

jānāmi śīlaṃ jñātīnāṃ sarvalokeṣu rākṣasa .
hṛṣyanti vyasaneṣvete jñātīnāṃ jñātayaḥ sadā .. 3..

pradhānaṃ sādhakaṃ vaidyaṃ dharmaśīlaṃ ca rākṣasa .
jñātayo hyavamanyante śūraṃ paribhavanti ca .. 4..

nityamanyonyasaṃhṛṣṭā vyasaneṣvātatāyinaḥ .
pracchannahṛdayā ghorā jñātayastu bhayāvahāḥ .. 5..

śrūyante hastibhirgītāḥ ślokāḥ padmavane kva cit .
pāśahastānnarāndṛṣṭvā śṛṇu tāngadato mama .. 6..

nāgnirnānyāni śastrāṇi na naḥ pāśā bhayāvahāḥ .
ghorāḥ svārthaprayuktāstu jñātayo no bhayāvahāḥ .. 7..

upāyamete vakṣyanti grahaṇe nātra saṃśayaḥ .
kṛtsnādbhayājjñātibhayaṃ sukaṣṭaṃ viditaṃ ca naḥ .. 8..

vidyate goṣu sampannaṃ vidyate brāhmaṇe damaḥ .
vidyate strīṣu cāpalyaṃ vidyate jñātito bhayam .. 9..

tato neṣṭamidaṃ saumya yadahaṃ lokasatkṛtaḥ .
aiśvaryamabhijātaśca ripūṇāṃ mūrdhni ca sthitaḥ .. 10..

anyastvevaṃvidhaṃ brūyādvākyametanniśācara .
asminmuhūrte na bhavettvāṃ tu dhikkulapāṃsanam .. 11..

ityuktaḥ paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ nyāyavādī vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
utpapāta gadāpāṇiścaturbhiḥ saha rākṣasaiḥ .. 12..

abravīcca tadā vākyaṃ jātakrodho vibhīṣaṇaḥ .
antarikṣagataḥ śrīmānbhrātaraṃ rākṣasādhipam .. 13..

sa tvaṃ bhrātāsi me rājanbrūhi māṃ yadyadicchasi .
idaṃ tu paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ na kṣamāmyanṛtaṃ tava .. 14..

sunītaṃ hitakāmena vākyamuktaṃ daśānana .
na gṛhṇantyakṛtātmānaḥ kālasya vaśamāgatāḥ .. 15..

sulabhāḥ puruṣā rājansatataṃ priyavādinaḥ .
apriyasya tu pathyasya vaktā śrotā ca durlabhaḥ .. 16..

baddhaṃ kālasya pāśena sarvabhūtāpahāriṇā .
na naśyantamupekṣeyaṃ pradīptaṃ śaraṇaṃ yathā .. 17..

dīptapāvakasaṅkāśaiḥ śitaiḥ kāñcanabhūṣaṇaiḥ .
na tvāmicchāmyahaṃ draṣṭuṃ rāmeṇa nihataṃ śaraiḥ .. 18..

śūrāśca balavantaśca kṛtāstrāśca raṇājire .
kālābhipannā sīdanti yathā vālukasetavaḥ .. 19..

ātmānaṃ sarvathā rakṣa purīṃ cemāṃ sarākṣasām .
svasti te.astu gamiṣyāmi sukhī bhava mayā vinā .. 20..

nivāryamāṇasya mayā hitaiṣiṇā
na rocate te vacanaṃ niśācara .
parītakālā hi gatāyuṣo narā
hitaṃ na gṛhṇanti suhṛdbhirīritam .. 21..




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